S-BOLD Letter of Intent Review Process and Outcome

In response to the first round call of the S-BOLD initiative that the President and Provost have announced, we received 15 LOIs distributed among various disciplines including Humanities, Sciences, Engineering, and Multidisciplinary programs. Among the submitted LOIs, six were seeking funding in the Large ($25K-$50K) category, six in the Medium ($10K-$25K) category and three in the Small (up to $10K) funding category. These LOIs were grouped according to their requested funding category and were reviewed by five panels of reviewers with each panel reviewing 3 LOIs.

For most panels, each had six members of reviewers (four members of JACOOL and two experts recommended by Deans and Chairs). Panel recommendations were then reviewed and discussed among members of the OnLine Education Advisory Group (OLEAG) chaired by the Associate Provost for Online Education.

After reviewing recommendations from OLEAG, as well as input from Deans and Chairs, the Provost and Associate Provost for Online Learning have invited the following LOIs (listed in alphabetical order according to lead PI) to advance into the full proposal round:

• Ahn (AMS) – AMS 310: Survey of Probability
• Christoff (AAAS) – AAS 118: Introduction to Asian Studies
• Dunn (English) – EGL 360: Literature of Adolescence
• Graham (English) – EGL 509/207 - History of the English Language
• Halada (Material Science) – ESG 201: Learning from Disasters
• Hanson (Chemistry) – CHE 129/131: General Chemistry I
• Lucenko/Davidson/Chase (Writing) – WRT 101/102: Introductory/Intermediate Writing Workshop
• Raineri (Chemistry) – CHE 132: General Chemistry II
• Sohn (AAAS) – KOR 111/112: Elementary Korean I/II
• Souza/Bingham/Citovsky (Biochemistry/Biology) – BIO 361 and one of BIO 320/315/310
• Sutherland (Mathematics) – MAP 103, MAT 123, MAT 125, MAT 131
• Tsybychev/Tchoubar (Physics) – PHY 121: Physics for the Life Sciences I

We would like to acknowledge the leads of each panel: Patricia Aceves (TLT), Jennifer Adams (TLT), Kane Gillespie (CAS), Keri Hollander (Nursing), and Linda Unger (TLT). Special thanks also go to the reviewers who have served in the panels: Joe Balsamo (HSC), Monica Bugallo (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Cynthia Davidson (Writing), Andrea Fedi (European Languages), Dave Ferguson (DTS), Frank Fowler (Chemistry), Jeff Ge (Mechanical Engineering), John Peter Gergen (BioChem), Tim Hyde (Philosophy), Angela Kelly (Physics), Robert Kukta (Mechanical Engineering), Lenore Lamanna (Nursing), Devinder Mahajan (Chemical Engineering), Sarah Malmquist (Neurobioly and Behavior), Ross Nehm (Ecology and Evolution), Dawn Pappas (Undergraduate Admissions), Christine Pitocco (Business), Prosper Sanou (European Languages), Margaret Schedel (Music), Joanne Souza (Biology), Douglas Swesty (Physics), Nancy Wozniak (TLT).